Episode 197 - The End of the Golden Age of TV

Tower of Babble

With the news of 'The Acolyte' and it's cancellation sending ripples through the media world, it was only natural that there might be some reflection on the larger state of the television landscape. Julian and Jeremy pier out into a dark and dreary graveyard of cancelled shows and failed streaming services to take stock of the current situation. The assessment? The "Golden Age of TV" is over. What comes next is still to be determined. Plus, a grab-bag of news stories from around Hollywood to help lighten the mood.

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Show Notes

Movies

• ‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ crosses a billion dollars at the box office, making it the most financially successful R rated film of all time

• James Cameron bemoans people’s complaints about the quality of the 4k restorations of some of his classic films, such as ‘True Lies’.

• Nine Inch Nails will be scoring the soundtrack to Tron 3, now titled: ‘Tron: Aries’.

• The next Predator film has begun production, titled ‘Badlands’.

• Kathleen Kennedy to stay on as head of Lucasfilm until at least Q2 of 2025.

• Trailers:

  • ‘The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim’.

  • ‘Sonic the Hedgehog 3’

TV

• Soliloquy for the end of the “Golden Age of TV”

• ‘Batman: Caped Crusader’ review

• ‘Ted Lasso’ set to return for 4th season.

Agree of Disagree

Todd Phillips, the director of ‘Joker’ and it’s upcoming sequel speaks had this to say about film fans who are concerned with the budget of his film:

“Shouldn’t people be happy that we got this money out of them, and we used it to go hire a bunch of crew people who can feed their families?”

Do you agree that film fans should concern themselves with budgets?

What We’ve Been Watching

• Hit Man